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S3 Object Storage - Generate a AWSv4 Authentication Signature

Object Storage - Generate an AWSv4 Authentication Signature

Requests sent to the Object storage API require to include an HTTP Authorization header. Currently the AWS v4 Signature type is supported.

Throughout the Object Storage documentation, v4 signatures are used. When you are using a client library such as aws-cli, s3cmd or s3fs, signatures are automatically generated by the library for you.

To generate the signature, you need to have an Access Key and Secret Key generated in the Credentials section of your management console.

A v4 signature consists of a number of parts. The table below provides more information on each piece of it individually: